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Statistics Canada says a spike in the amount Albertans paid for electricity last month counteracted an overall decline in energy prices in July — and was one of the key reasons cited by the agency as the overall inflation rate ticked up.

EDMONTON — That's a wrap on a fierce bidding war for a one-of-a-kind costume. The winning bid for a donair costume being auctioned off by the Alberta government was listed at $16,025 when bidding closed on Monday evening.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith offered up conflicting explanations Monday for why her government put a temporary ban on large wind and solar energy projects.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. says it earned $1.88 billion in the second quarter of 2023, down from approximately $4 billion in the same period last year when oil prices were higher.

CALGARY — Police are identifying the man killed over the weekend in a Calgary mall parking lot shooting. They say Danny Truong, who was 23, died Saturday after a shooting outside the south entrance of Market Mall.

OTTAWA — New Democrats in two Western provinces are split over the Liberal government's goal of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, with the federal party now saying it supports that timeline.

BLACKFALDS, Alta. — Mounties in central Alberta say one of their officers has been charged with theft. RCMP say they were made aware of allegations in May 2022 that an officer had items seized from the Blackfalds Detachment.

EDMONTON — The Canada Border Services Agency says officers discovered two live tarantulas hidden inside plastic containers at the Edmonton International Airport earlier this year.

TOFIELD, Alta. — One person is dead and another was taken to hospital with what police describe as serious injuries after a plane crashed into a lake east of Edmonton.

CALGARY — Sean Stanford's wheat farm just south of Lethbridge, Alta.